WOODS HOLE, MA—The Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) has announced the recipients of its 2015 Whitman Center Investigators at the MBL Research Awards. Each year, this program supports approximately 20 scientists from U.S. and international institutions who come to the MBL for six or more weeks in the summer to conduct independent research. Funds for the […]

Contact: Diana Kenney, Marine Biological Laboratory 508-289-7139; dkenney@mbl.edu WOODS HOLE, Mass.—How a brilliant-green sea slug manages to live for months at a time “feeding” on sunlight, like a plant, is clarified in a recent study published in The Biological Bulletin. The authors present the first direct evidence that the emerald green sea slug’s chromosomes have […]

Contact: Susan Joslin 508-289-7281; sjoslin@mbl.edu WOODS HOLE, MA—Concert pianist Michael Mizrahi will perform and discuss The Piano in the 21st Century at the next MBL Falmouth Forum, Friday, February 6 at 7:30 PM in the MBL’s Lillie Auditorium, MBL Street in Woods Hole. Sponsored by the MBL Associates, and generously supported this season by Sandy […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 31, 2014 Contact: Susan Joslin 508-289-7281; sjoslin@mbl.edu WOODS HOLE, MA—Rosanna Warren will read poetry from her book, Ghost in a Red Hat, along with other works at the next MBL Falmouth Forum, Friday, January 16 at 7:30 PM in the MBL’s Lillie Auditorium, MBL Street in Woods Hole. A book signing […]

The MBL brimmed with news and activity in 2014, its always busy pace quickened by joint events and new programs with its affiliate, the University of Chicago. Below are just a few of many scientific, educational, and institutional highlights from an exciting year of discovery and transition. As we look forward to 2015, it’s important […]

WOODS HOLE, MA— The Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) Associates and the Falmouth Public Library continue the 2014-2015 season of “Science Before Supper,” with a presentation by MBL oceanographer Julie Huber who will discuss “Exploding Volcanoes and Microbial Life in the Deep Sea.” The talk, the second in a series designed especially for non-scientists, will be […]

Contact: Diana Kenney, Marine Biological Laboratory 508-289-7139; dkenney@mbl.edu WOODS HOLE, Mass.—Since the first “catalog” of the normal bacterial makeup of the human body was published in 2012, numerous connections between illness and disturbances in the human microbiota have been found. This week, scientists report yet another: Cancerous tumors in the ascending colon (the part nearest […]